Ports making positive moves to handle mega-ships | Expert column
“There they blow: Neopanamax ships and ultra large container vessels (ULCVs). Whatever a particular port might call them, they are big....
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One year on, the expanded Panama Canal still 'surpassing expectations'
The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) yesterday celebrated the first anniversary of the opening of the expanded waterway, described as a...
ULTRA Wide Load! World's LARGEST container ship that weighs 210,890 tonnes and spans FOUR footba
Stretching a quarter of a mile and weighing a mighty 210,890 tonnes, the world's largest container ship laden with cars, car parts,...
Intermodal stakeholders gauge impacts of the Panama Canal expansion
In early May, the Port of Virginia welcomed the COSCO Development container ship, the largest vessel to call on the U.S. East Coast to...
Fitting In the Expanded Panama Canal
Opening a direct passage between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, the Panama Canal was a game changer for maritime trade 103 years ago....
Southern U.S. Ports Break Records One Year After Panama Canal Expansion
By Rebecca Spalding (Bloomberg) — Southern ports are experiencing a record foreign trade boom thanks in part to an expanded Panama Canal...
Panama Canal Proposes Changes to Toll Structure
The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has published a proposal for modifications to its current toll structure that it says will allow the...
Japanese firms plan to launch self-driving cargo ships within decade
Commercial drones and self-driving cars will soon be joined by fleets of autonomous cargo ships that navigate the world’s oceans using...
Next record-breaking ship due in port Thursday
Eventually, the sight of huge container ships gliding up the Savannah River will become so commonplace as to warrant barely a notice. But...
Massive tanker's arrival in South Texas makes history
INGLESIDE — A massive crude carrier called the Anne docked at the Port of Corpus Christi on Friday without a drop of oil in its cargo...
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